Calendar construction



May 3, 1960 H. P. SHEDD CALENDAR CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed May19. 1959 INVENTOR. HUGH R Susan BY ATTORNEYS 1960 H. P. SHEDD 2,934,845

CALENDAR CONSTRUCTION Filed May 19, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. HUGHP. SHEDD AT TORNEYS CALENDAR CONSTRUCTION Application May 19, 1959,Serial No. 814,318

4 Claims. (Cl. 40-119) My invention relates generally to calendars andmore particularly to wall type calendars wherein the calendar pads arefixed to relatively rigid mounting sheets.

Still more specifically my invention relates to calendars known in theart as memo calendars, that is, calendam of the type wherein the sheetsrepresenting a given period of time are provided with spaces formemorandum which is preserved for later reference. A typical example ofsuch memorandum is tax memorandum which becomes of importance at the endof a given calendar or fiscal year. In calendars of this type, it isobviously important that the sheets, with the memorandum thereon, beretained intact. Consequently, in the past it has been common practiceto secure the calendar pad to the mounting sheet by means of ringbinders which are received in apertures in closely spaced relation tothe extreme upper edge of the mountingsheet. By this arrangement, eachoutdated sheet is swung upwardly and rearwardly on the ring binder, toaccumulate and be stored on the back side of the mounting sheet. Thisarrangement is undesirable in that it requires removal of the calendarfrom its wall-mounted position in order to swing the outdated sheetsfrom the front surface of the mounting sheet to the rear surfacethereof.

The primary object of my invention is the provision of novel mountingmeans for the calendar pad whereby the outdated sheets or leaves of thecalendar may be swung about a conventional spiral binding, to becollected on the front side of the mounting sheet in underlyingrelationship to the current and unused sheets of the calendar pad.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a device of theclass described wherein the mounting means retains the calendar pad in acentered position on the mounting sheet with a minimum of freedom forlateral swinging movements as well as a minimum of movement of thehinged upper end of the calendar toward and away from the mountingsheet.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a device of theclass described which is extremely simple and inexpensive to make, andwhich is rugged and durable.

The above and still further objects of my invention will become apparentfrom the following detailed specification, appended claims and attacheddrawings.

Referring to the drawings wherein like characters indicate like partsthroughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of my novel device and illustrating theuse thereof; 7

Fig. 2 is a view in top plan on a slightly reduced scale;

Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the structure of Fig. 2 andillustrating by dotted lines the method of removing and storing of theoutdated memorandum bearing calendar sheets;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 44 ofFig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view in transverse section as seen from the line55 of Fig. 2.

tes 7Patent A F CC Referring with greater particularity to the drawings,

the numeral 1 indicates a relatively rigid mounting sheet formed fromcardboard or the like, whereas thecalendar pad, superimposed thereon, isidentified by the numeral 2, the separateleaves or sheets thereof beingidentified by 2a.

Carried by the mounting sheet 1 is a hanger bar identified in itsentirety by the numeral 3 and including anintermediate rail portion 4,depending laterally spaced generally parallel pad centering legs 5,shank portions 6, and finally anchoring feet 7. As shown, theintermediate hanger rail portion 4 is closely spaced outwardly from theadjacent face 1a of the mounting sheet 1 and is parallel thereto. railportion 4 and the adjacent face 1a of themounting sheet 1 is less thanthe radius of the ring binder means 8 mounted thereon. With thisarrangement, the upper end portion of the calendar pad 2 which is inturn anchored to the rail portion 4,through the medium of the ringbinder means 8 is retained in closely spaced relationship to themounting sheet 1 at all times and for a purpose which will hereinafterbecome apparent. The aligned apertures in the several sheets 2acomprising the calendar pad 2 through which the ring binder means 8pass, are identified by the numeral 9.

As shown particularly in Figs. 3 and 4, the depending pad centering legs5 diverge downwardly with respect to the plane of the mounting sheet 1 adistance greater than the thickness of the calendar pad 2, the pad 2being of a width to be snugly received therebetween. The shank portions6 are generally normal to the plane of the mounting sheet 1 and extendbetween the outer projected ends 10 of the centering legs 5 in closelyspaced relation to an opposite side 11 of the calendar pad 2. By thisnovel arrangement, it should be obvious that a minimum of lateralswinging movements of the pad 2 with respect to the mounting sheet 1 ispermitted. irrespective of the position of the ring binder means 8 withrespect to the mounting sheet 1, for the close spacing of the railportion 4 with respect to the mounting sheet 1 does not permit the ring'binder means 8 to be moved outwardly with respect to the mounting sheet1 sufficiently to avoid engagement with the centering legs 5 and theshank portion 6.

Anchoring feet 7, as shown, project laterally outwardly from the innerends of the shank portions 6 and are rigidly secured to the mountingsheet 1 in closely spaced relation to an opposite side edge 12 thereofby any suitable means such as grommets 13. Preferably and as shown inFig. 5, the inner ends 14 of the shank portions 6 and the connectedinner end portions 15 of the anchoring feet 7 are spaced from theadjacent face In of the mounting sheet 1 sufficiently to permit passagetherebetween of one of the outdated sheets 2a of the calendar pad 2 assame are being swung about the ring binder means 8 from a viewing to astorage position as indicated by full lines in Fig. l and dotted linesin Fig. 3. It might here be stated that the ring binder means 8 forms nopart of the instant invention and may be of any of the commerciallyavailable forms.

Preferably and as shown particularly in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the mountingsheet 1 intermediate the opposite side edges 12 thereof and inunderlying relationship to the calendar pad 2, is provided with anelongated slot 16 through which an operator may extend a wetted fingerfor engagement with the back surface of an outdated sheet 2a as the sameis being backturned as shown by full lines in Fig. 1, or in dotted linesin Fig. 3.

My invention has been thoroughly tested and found 0 to be completelysatisfactory for the accomplishment Patented May 3, 1960 Preferably, thespacing between the may be capable of modification without reparturefrom the scope and spirit of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

, 15A pad type calendar'and mounting meanstherefor comprising arelatively rigid mounting sheet, a hanger bar extending transversely ofsaid mounting sheet and carried thereby, said hanger bar comprising anintermediate rail portion in outwardly spaced parallel relation to theadjacent face of said sheet and depending laterally spaced generallyparallel pad centering legs, a calendar pad comprising a plurality ofrelatively flexible leaves superimposed on said mounting sheet, and ringbinder means encompassing said rail portion and suspending said padtherefrom with the upper end portion confined between said centeringlegs.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 in which said centering legs divergein a downward direction with respect to the plane of said mounting sheetfrom points spaced from said mounting sheet a distance less than thethickness of said calendar pad to points which are spaced laterallyoutwardly from the inner ends of said shank portions, and in furthercombination with means rigidly securing the outwardly extended ends ofsaid feet to said mounting sheet.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,602,251 Friedman July 8, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 11,957 Denmark Mar. 10,1909 633,941 France Oct. 31, 1927

